Category: The Arts
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Photography
fffffC The following photos have been taken by Asher Avivi. Click on each photo to view in high definition. …
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SHOVELING SNOW WITH BUDDHA
In the usual iconography of the temple or the local Wok you would never see him doing such a thing, tossing the dry snow over a mountain of his bare, round shoulder, his hair tied in a knot, a model of concentration. Sitting is more his speed, if that is the word for what…
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MONICA KAKKAR: HAIKU
01 solo in spring peace— the Buddhā Shākyamuni brims totality ***** 02 ocean of oneness buoys a myriad lanterns— vista on Vesak ***** 03 follow his footsteps faraway from the rat race . . . daybreak in Deer Park ***** NOTES 01 All spring season word, kigo 季語: spring peace, nodoka 長閑 *Nodoka has long…
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PHOTOS FROM KAMALASHILA: MONLAM 2024
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Holy Isle Retreat: Maeve O’Sullivan
this wee island birthed from Lamlash Bay * * * mandala garden – a pair of chaffinches over the daffodil beds * * * Good Friday: a blackbird moves the earth by the Buddha’s thigh * * * fragrant rosemary in the wish-fulfilment garden mother’s roast lamb * * * mistle thrush the birding website…
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Edinburgh Festival 2023
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Lecture du poeme le chant de la DAKINI par Yumma Mudra
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Holiday and Postcard from Bodhicittaland
Holiday I’ve booked my holiday to an exotic place, the cost is priceless, the journey endless, the signposts glisten, the way is near, not far away I need to pack some precious jewels I make my choice: Kindness and Generosity Compassion and Gratitude Patience and Tolerance Respect and…
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Helen Sherlock-Jones: Holy Isle Poetry
HOLY ISLE DORMITORY… Quiet, Peaceful, Comfort for me, Time to reflect on what I see. All my buttons are already being pushed, I want it to be over now but this can’t be rushed! Time to go inward and see what is there, I can be Quiet, Peaceful and find Comfort anywhere… It is…
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3 Haiku by Monica Kakkar
infinite echoes of primordial waters cadence of a conch ***** haiku 2 freshwater cradle Mansarovar on my mind circumambulate ***** haiku 3 dandelion orb flowers in where nothing is cloudy cup of tea ***** Biography Monica Kakkar is savoring her freedom, peace, silence, and solitude. She is learning to explore, express, connect, and celebrate through…
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Holy Island Teaching With Ringu Tulku Rinpoche
The following photos were taken during Ringu Tulku Rinpoche’s teaching on Holy Island this July. For a high-definition view click on each photo. All photos by Yeshe Dorje
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Mo Wilde on the Wilderness Cure
Monica Wilde presents her ideas on foraging in three videos. Below is the first part. I am a forager, research herbalist and ethnobotanist. I live in West Lothian [Scotland] in a self-built wooden house on 4 organic acres where I am encouraging medicinal and foraging species to make their home, creating a wild, teaching…
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A Sojourn in Nepal.
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FLOWERS FOR PEACE
Flowers have been used to signify peace for millennia. Lavender is said to be the ultimate peace flower, though many others are recognised as symbolising concord and harmony: apple blossoms, lotus flowers, lilies, and white poppies are said to help bring tranquillity and peace to our lives. Below is a link to a public group…
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CHILDHOOD
CHILDHOOD Long time he lay upon the sunny hill, To his father’s house below securely bound. Far off the silent, changing sound was still, With the black islands lying thick around. He saw each separate height, each vaguer hue, Where the massed islands rolled in mist away, And though all run together…
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THE CHARCOAL SELLER
(A Satire against “Kommandatur”) An old charcoal-seller Cutting wood and burning charcoal in the forests of the Southern Mountain. His face, stained with dust and ashes, has turned to the colour of smoke. The hair on his temples is streaked with gray: his ten fingers are black. The money…
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L’ALTRA PAR